I installed the weapons scoring system for the bombing range in Boardman Oregon. I worked as close as 1,000 feet from the target. The F-16 by the time I heard them I would have been dead rolling up gravel on the ground as they flew past. I had to fight to change the engineering on foundations due to the amount of torque on the towers as they flew over. Jets came from bases as well as oh shore carriers. I was really impressed with the A-10 in weather coming down through cloud cover iced up and snapping a roll and going right back a lot of power. The flight pattern had not changed so after the drop they would hard turn towards the tower I was working on. Sure they got a laugh seeing me run at timesI was an ammo troop on an f16 airbase in Germany. I know them well. The f4 we used in Vietnam was not very maneuverable, either. The A10 came out of that very need you're describing. Highly maneuverable and capable of firing 30mm rounds.